Trousers-hanger.



No.846,676. PATENTED MAR. 12, 1907. R. J. LINKLATER.

TROUSERS HANGER. APPLIOATION FILED T11R20, 1905.

Witnesses. Inventor.

- 51W Pym I r Attorney.

UNITED STATES" PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT J. LINK'LATER, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

TROUSERS-HANGER. 4

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 12, 1907.

Application filed February 1905. Serial No. 846,446.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT J. LINKLATER, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing in Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTrousersgarment, whereby t e garment is sustained throughout its' widthand hangs perfectly from the support. I

Another feature has reference to the arrangement of a number ofindividual holders on a single vertical support or pivot to simplify theconstruction and so that they may e swung laterally thereonindependently of each other. Y

The principal objects of the invention are to prov1de for perfectsupport of thegarment in unwrinkled condition, to enable thegardrawings, in whichi mentary side elevation of the device,

ment to be easily and quickly hung in place or removed therefrom, and toconveniently sup ort a number of trousers in a comparetive y small spaceand so that any pair may be flllllckly removed or replaced.-

e invention also relates to certain other features and'details ofconstruction, which will be hereinafter describedand claimed, referencebeing had to the-accompanying F igurel 1s aside elevation of my improveddevice attached to awall and with a fragment of the lower ported therey. Fig. 2 1s a top plan view of the improved device. Fig. 3 1s a frontelevation of the improved device. Fig. 4 is an enlarged top plan view ofa fragment of one of the supports. Fig. 5 is an .enlargedFfrag 1g. 7 isa fragmentary section on line a a, Fig.5. Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectionthrough one of the-supports and a fragment of a garment sustainedthereby on line b b, Fig. 1. In referring to the details of constructionlike numerals desi nate like parts. d

The features 0? invention comprehended in this device consist in thecurved feature of the holding portion of the hanger and the 'dividu'alholders are pre ortion of a pair of trousers supsupporting of aplurality of individual holders in different horizontal planes from asingle vertical means, so that the trousers hang at different heightsand in such a manner that any one'of the holders may be moved toconveniently hang or remove trousers thereto constitute two springtrousers-sustaining members 2 and'3.' The members 2 and 3 are aboutequal in length to the width of the trousers-leg at or near the bottomand are curved to correspo d to'the curve of the top edge of the la pedortion of the trousers-leg bottom, so that t e trousers-legs are.sustained throughoutl their width, and thus hung perfectly frorh themembers. One of the wlresextends inward in a substantially straightdirection from the twisted portion 1 and constitutes a substantiallyhorizontal member 4, which is rovided at its inner end with an eye 5,and t e other wire extends for a comparativel short distance beneath thehorizontal mom or 4 to support the same and then bends diagonallydownward to form abrace 6. The lower end of the brace is bent formedinto an eye 7 A plurality of the inerably employed, being pivotallysupported from a single vertical su port, so that they may be turned orswung aterally thereon. This is preferably formed of wire and has avertical main portion 8, the op osite ends of which are first bent at anang e to extend substantially horizontaland constitute upper and lowersupporting-shoulders 9 and 10 and then bent to again extend verticallyand each curled upon itself at its extreme end to form upper and lowereyes 11 and 12, through w ch suitable fastening devices, such as thescrews 13, (shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3,) are fitted to secure thesupport to a wall or other suitable point 14 as shown in Fig 1. Thepurpose of the diagonal brace 6 is to separate the individual holderssufficiently from each other for convenient manipulation and alsostrengthen and stiffen the supporting of the holders from the verticalsupportindg-wire by supporting the holders at two wi sly-separatedvertical points. I

The trousers are supported in inverted osition by fitting the lower endsof the legsetween the members 2 and 3, being held in place by the doublethickness of the lower extremities of the trousers-legs, caused by thefolding. of the bottoms thereof upon themselves, as shown in Figs. 1 and7.

The advantages of this invention reside in the simplicity and cheapnessof construction, in the fact that the individual holders are sup ortedin a verticalrow on a' sin le vertica support and at differentelevatlons, so that the trousers hang at different heights to permit thelarger or body portions thereof to clear each other, and thus fit moreclosely together without wrinkling. The supporting of the trousers atdifferent heights also enables the quick and convenient picking out areadapted to be slipped to suspend the trousers in inverted position fromthe hanger and extend at an angle from each other from the opposite endof the intermediate part to provide vertically-separated means ofattachment to a suitable support.

2. A tr0usershanger including two wires having outer portions extendingparallel and in proximity between which the lower extremities oftrousers are adapted to be slipped to suspend the trousers in invertedposition from the hanger, intermediate intertwisted portions for mutualsupport and inner portions extending at an angle to provide separatedmeans of attachment to a'suitable support and provided at their innerends with eyes. I

3. In combination, a vertical support and mounted m a vertical row 'onsaid. support, each of said individual holders being arranged at adifferent horizontal plane whereby the trousers are supported atdifierent heights and comprising two wires having outer portionsextending parallel and in proximity between the lower extremity oftrousers and slipped to support them therefrom in inverted position,intermediate portions which are twisted together for mutual support, andinner portions having eyes encircling the vertical su port and WhlCh areseparated to stifien t e supporting of the holders from the verticalsupport, substantially as set forth.

4. In combination, a vertical support adapted to be attached to anyconvenient point, and a mounted on sa1d vertical support in a verticalrow whereby said trousers-holders are in different horizontal planes andsu port the trousers at different heights, eac of said holderscomprising two Wires having outer portions extending parallel and inproximity etween which trousers are adapted to be supported,intermediate intertwisted portions for mutual sup ort, and innerportions one of which exten s diagonally downward and inward from theintertwisted portions -a plurality of individual trousers-holdersplurality of trousers-holders and has an eye at its end encircling thesupport, and the other of which extends su stantially horizontalinwardly and also has an eye encircling the support whereby each supportis supported at two different points to stiffen its support and alsoseparate the holders sufficient venient manipulation.

ROBERT J. LINKLATER. Witnesses; v.

GEO. A. NEUBAUER, CHAs. J. PANKOW.

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